Director, Application Security Engineering

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About Jet

Jet’s mission is to become the smartest way to shop and save on pretty much anything. Combining a revolutionary pricing engine, a world-class technology and fulfillment platform, and incredible customer service, we’ve set out to create a new kind of e-commerce. At Jet, we’re passionate about empowering people to live and work brilliant.

You will be responsible for preparation, execution and remediation programs of the application security aspects for Jet.

About Jet’s Internal Engine

We’re building a new kind of company, and we’re building it from the inside out, which means that investing in hiring, developing, and retaining the brightest minds in the world is a top priority. Everything we do is grounded in three simple values: trust, transparency, and fairness. From our business model to our culture, we live our values to the extreme, whether we’re dealing with employees, retail partners, or consumers. We believe that happiness is the highest level of success and we want every person that crosses paths with Jet to achieve it. If you’re an ambitious, smart, natural collaborator who likes taking risks, influencing, and innovating in a challenging hyper-growth environment, we’d love to talk to you about joining our team.

About the Job

The Application Security Director will be responsible for demonstrating Jet’s dedication to the security and privacy of our customer’s data by leading programs that ensure that Jet continues to develop secure software, all while continuing to create innovate solutions that provide meaningful savings to our customers.

About the Role

Lead the application security team responsible for an enterprise application security program

Direct the maturity of an enterprise application security program

Direct the development and maintenance of application security standards and guidelines

Direct the integration of secure development standards, tools, and processes into the development lifecycle

Direct the development and implementation of a threat modeling framework

Direct the development and implementation of secure frameworks and libraries

Oversee the identification and implementation of security tools to support an enterprise application security program

Support development design reviews and other InfoSec processes as application security expertise is required

Direct and manage regular application security testing

Provide subject matter expertise for maturing of an enterprise secure code training program for developers and other relevant stakeholders

The Director will be a hands-on technical leader – she/he will lead the application security engineering team that develops and supports application security services consumed by product teams in a global environment

This position requires a high-level of technical expertise, a deep understanding of modern development, languages and cloud platforms, a proven track record for driving product security initiatives and experience delivering software security at scale

The Director will lead application security innovation, and provide technical direction to product teams for securing applications and development processes

The Director will utilize her/his technical expertise to deliver the next generation of software-defined security services and tools while integrating into product development processes